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Anesthesiology Clinics, 2015
Esophagectomy is a high-risk operation with significant perioperative morbidity and mortality. Attention to detail in many areas of perioperative management should lead to an aggregation of marginal gains and improvement in postoperative outcome. This review addresses preoperative assessment and patient selection, perioperative care (focusing on ...
Adam, Carney, Matt, Dickinson
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Esophagectomy is a high-risk operation with significant perioperative morbidity and mortality. Attention to detail in many areas of perioperative management should lead to an aggregation of marginal gains and improvement in postoperative outcome. This review addresses preoperative assessment and patient selection, perioperative care (focusing on ...
Adam, Carney, Matt, Dickinson
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Chylothorax after esophagectomy
Surgery, 2003AN 82-YEAR-OLD WOMAN in former good health presented with dysphagia, which she had been experiencing for 2 months. She could only tolerate a liquid diet. Physical examination was unremarkable. A barium swallow study showed a constant irregular narrowing in the middle third of the esophagus.
Chu, KM, Law, S, Wong, J, Lo, OSH
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Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy
Surgical Clinics of North America, 2012Minimally invasive esophagectomy (MIE) has become an established approach for the treatment of esophageal carcinoma. In comparison with open esophagectomy MIE reduces blood loss, respiratory complications, and length of hospital stay. At the University of Pittsburgh, the authors now predominantly perform a laparoscopic-thoracoscopic Ivor Lewis ...
Ryan M, Levy +2 more
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Minimally invasive esophagectomy
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 2000Open esophagectomy can be associated with significant morbidity and delay return to routine activities. Minimally invasive surgery may lower the morbidity of esophagectomy but only a few small series have been published.From August 1996 to September 1999, 77 patients underwent minimally invasive esophagectomy.
J D, Luketich +7 more
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Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 2019
BACKGROUND & AIMS: Esophagectomy is the standard treatment for early‐stage esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (EESCC), but patients who undergo this procedure have high morbidity and mortality.
Yiun Zhang +11 more
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BACKGROUND & AIMS: Esophagectomy is the standard treatment for early‐stage esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (EESCC), but patients who undergo this procedure have high morbidity and mortality.
Yiun Zhang +11 more
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Complications of Esophagectomy
Surgical Clinics of North America, 2012Esophagectomy remains the gold standard curative therapy for the treatment of esophageal cancer. Despite 125 years of evolution, esophagectomy remains a demanding procedure associated with a 5% to 10% mortality and a 50% morbidity rate. Knowledge of the multitude of techniques possible for performing this complex procedure, as well as the host of ...
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Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy
Surgical Clinics of North America, 2005Minimally invasive esophagectomy can be safely performed in selected cases in centers specializing in minimally invasive esophageal surgery.Potential benefits include lessened physiologic insult, with decreased hospital stay and a more rapid recovery to full activity.
Alberto, de Hoyos +2 more
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Annals of Surgery, 2019
Objective: We compared the surgical outcomes of minimally invasive esophagectomy (MIE) and open esophagectomy (OE) for esophageal cancer. Summary Background Data: MIE has become a widespread procedure. However, the definitive advantages of MIE over OE at
T. Sakamoto +4 more
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Objective: We compared the surgical outcomes of minimally invasive esophagectomy (MIE) and open esophagectomy (OE) for esophageal cancer. Summary Background Data: MIE has become a widespread procedure. However, the definitive advantages of MIE over OE at
T. Sakamoto +4 more
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Diseases of the esophagus, 2019
Anastomotic leaks (AL) are a major complication after esophagectomy. This meta-analysis aimed to determine identify risks factors for AL (preoperative, intra-operative, and post-operative factors) and assess the consequences to outcome on patients who ...
S. Kamarajah +8 more
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Anastomotic leaks (AL) are a major complication after esophagectomy. This meta-analysis aimed to determine identify risks factors for AL (preoperative, intra-operative, and post-operative factors) and assess the consequences to outcome on patients who ...
S. Kamarajah +8 more
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Laparoscopic Total Esophagectomy
Archives of Surgery, 1997To evaluate early results with laparoscopic total esophagectomy for benign and malignant disease of the esophagus.Case series involving 9 patients with mean follow-up of 13 months.An advanced endoscopic surgery unit at a tertiary referral teaching hospital.Between December 12, 1993, and December 1, 1996, 9 patients with a mean age of 61 years underwent
L L, Swanstrom, P, Hansen
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